Sichuan Huaneng Wusheng power station is a 1,400 MW gas power station in Sichuan, China. It ranks #534 of 6,685 China power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 3.2% of China's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (41.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_sichuanhuanengwusheng_china.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 1,400 MW, Sichuan Huaneng Wusheng power station is well above the median gas plant in China (283.5 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #59 largest gas power plant of 595 in China by capacity.
China has 595 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 333,508 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Sichuan Yuechi power station · Biomass · 18 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Chongqing Shuanghuai power station · Coal · 1,920 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Sichuan Nanchong Jialing District power station · Biomass · 24 MW · Sichuan
- Chongqing Hechuan District power station · Biomass · 25 MW · Chongqing Shi
- Nanchong power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Sichuan
- Hechuan Distributed Gas power station · Gas · 80 MW · Chongqing
Location
Coordinates 30.347363, 106.300622 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Sichuan Huaneng Wusheng power station is a 1,400 MW gas power plant in Sichuan, China.